Mentioned in 1522 as an inn with 30 beds and stalls for four horses. Removed (as shown in the picture) for the formation of Holborn Viaduct and its approaches 1868.
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Saracen's Head Inn
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Saracen's Head
Corporation of the City of London Site of the Saracen's Head Inn, demolished...
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King William Street underground station
The station took over an existing building, number 46, entrance and booking hall on the ground floor with offices above. Became obsolete when the line was extended to Moorgate and was demolished in...
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Pollock's toy theatre shop
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1 memorial
British Telecom
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John Stephen
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Sir Noel Coward
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Person, Cinema, Gender Issues, Music / songs, Seriously Famous, Theatre, Jamaica
4 memorials
Joseph Brodsky
NW3, Hampstead Hill Gardens, 20
From Russia Beyond the Headlines:"Brodsky's annual visits to Apartment 2, 20 Hampstead Hill Gardens, began in 1987 and continued until th...
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Charles McCall
Artist, born in Edinburgh. In 1933 he won a scholarship to the Edinburgh College of Art. In 1938 he was made a fellow of the college at the relatively young age of 31. He studied in Paris at the Ac...
1 memorial
Julius Caesar
Roman dictator, politician and general. Born Circa 100 BC. Ruled Rome in a triumvirate with Crassus and Pompey, eventually assuming sole control. Invaded Britain twice, in 55 and 54 BC. Famously as...
Person, Armed Forces, Politics & Administration, Romans, Italy
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Italo Svevo
Businessman and author. Born in Trieste (then part of Austria-Hungary) as Aron Ettore Schmitz. The pseudonym translates as 'Swabian Italian', but as the only definitions of Swabian relate to places...
1 memorial